GEARED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

geared

verb

past tense of gear

as in tailored

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Relevance

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misadjusted

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Verb

Outpost says the expensive, complex infrastructure is built once and reused across missions, with the innermost module tailored to each customer.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Local coverage focused on a few remarks that were tailored to their states, like Vice President JD Vance’s plea, in Iowa, for Congress to enact year-round E15 sales.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tailored

Verb

As a director, Fish has taken subversive, revelatory approaches to the theatrical canon and has adapted, for a taste, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Like many places around the country, ecosystems in Florida have adapted to fire over time, and it’s needed to help these places thrive, according to Crandall.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of adapted

Verb

That her means of exit is abandoning her newborn twins is less than sympathetic, but in a different era Cathy would have options beyond a domesticity that never suited her in the first place.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
The company or role may have changed, or the person’s strengths may be better suited to another environment.

— Michael Londgren, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of suited

Verb

To allow a smaller city to be compared more fairly with a much larger one like New York, researchers adjusted the search totals for population.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
And when Mizzou adjusted for short passes, the Bulldogs hit them back over the top with deep passes.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of adjusted

Verb

Reuters also matched career information or job titles for eight people against court filings, news reports, public profiles and online posts.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Later in the night, Harry and Jenna Johnson matched their score, tying for the top of the leaderboard alongside Amber and Pasha.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of matched

Verb

Is this truly what museum security requires, or has the logic of a private compound shaped an institution that was supposed to welcome the city?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
To someone who knows Miami-Dade, the mangroves, coral and photographs of workers and machinery reveal more of what shaped that view.

— Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaped

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